Fused Warty Comb jellyfish (Mnemiopsis leidyi) (Courtesy of Mariana Rodriguez-Santiago) Previous research has demonstrated that M. Leidyi fuse within themselves whenever they need to defecate ...

Scientists have discovered a marine animal that can reverse its aging process. The comb jelly, a jellyfish-like creature, can revert to a younger state when stressed. This discovery challenges ...

Yet a pair of recent studies about comb jellies raise provocative questions about Descartes’ maxim. The first is a study from the journal Current Biology found that ctenophores, a phlyum of ...

Among them, the 'immortal jellyfish' (Turritopsis dohrnii) has long been recognised for its ability to revert to an earlier stage of life. Now, researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway have ...

The latest report also mentions another species, Mnemiopsis leidyi, commonly known as the comb jellyfish, which appears to resist ageing. Researchers from Norway’s University of Bergen observed ...

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The organisms that merged are comb jellies, translucent invertebrates that resemble jellyfish but belong to a different group of marine animals called ctenophores. They grow to about 4 inches long ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of marine invertebrate that breaks the traditional cycle of birth, ageing, and death to which most animals are bound. Comb jellies, also known as ctenophore ...